2019-2020 orange harvest: Georgia exports 31 thousand tonnes of tangerines in Sep-Jan
The leading destination countries for exports are Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. Photo: mepa.gov.ge.
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The tangerines harvest season has just ended in Georgia and 31 thousand tonnes of tangerines out of 50 thousand tonnes have already been exported from the country in September-January of 2019-2020, announces the Ministry of Agriculture.
This year Georgia exported five percent more tangerines than in the same period of 2018.
Mostly, tangerines were exported to:
- Russia – 20 tonnes
- Ukraine – 5.2 tonnes
- Armenia – 4.4 tonnes
- Belarus – 319 tonnes
- Kazakhstan – 140 tonnes
- Kyrgyzstan – 58 tonnes
Six countries have been added to the export destinations in 2020:
- Slovenia
- Moldova
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Qatar
- Singapore
This year the wholesale price of tangerines varied from 0.6 GEL ($0.20) to 2 GEL ($0.69).
The Ministry of Agriculture says that the high quality of the tangerines was driven by the list of measures implemented by the state against stink bug.
A coordination centre serving farmers and factories facilitates the distribution of state subsidiaries to farmers producing tangerines.
The centre will work until February 1, 2020.
Exports of Georgian tangerines amounted to 21,333 tonnes from the middle of October to December 19 this year, which is 6.2 per cent more compared to the same period of last year, announced the Ministry of Agriculture.
2019 will be a special year for farmers taking into consideration the high quality of the tangerine harvest, said Georgian Minister of Agriculture Levan Davitashvili earlier today.
Head of the Adjara region government Tornike Rijvadze has announced that tangerines will be exported to Singapore, Slovenia and Qatar this year.
Exports of tangerines amounted to 1,658 tonnes from the middle of October to November 20 , announced the Ministry of Agriculture.
Exports of tangerines have increased 22% year-on-year in the last six months and amounted to 35,400 tonnes, bringing in $17.3 million which is a 16% increase compared to the same period of the previous year.
Exports of tangerines have increased by 34% in the last four months and amounted to 31,900 tonnes, bringing in $15.7 million, which is a 37% increase compared to the same period of the previous year, the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection reports.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said this year’s fruit harvest was expected to hit about 45,000 tonnes of citrus, adding the Government would subsidise collection of non-standard tangerines.